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• The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name.From the entry Clydesdale
• Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear Apples enow!2016, Alice Morse Earle, Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Krill Press via PublishDrive, →ISBN. From the entry clayen
• D’s from whence came the new president of the University of Utah, Dr.1964 November 9, Phil Keif, “Prolific Family In Kids, Degrees”, in Springfield Leader and Press, volume XXXII, number 153, Springfield…. From the entry Ph. D.
• In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense.1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. From the entry hog
• Our next goal was the Khitai Dawan, whence we could reach the Upper Kara-Kash.1930 June, Emil Trinkler, “Explorations in the Eastern Karkoram and in the Western Kunlun”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXXV…. From the entry Aksai Chin
• William Mills has returned to the place from whence he came.1920, The International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union Journal, page 20. From the entry fish tale
• The prisoner of unknown bandits, hurried he knew not whence, a pretty pass for an adventurer.1900, John Buchan, chapter 29, in The Half-Hearted. From the entry pretty pass
• Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157. From the entry outlying
• The question is of the pf.'s right to remancipation in the course of emancipation, whence a short mention of P.1929, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology - Volumes 15-16, page 131. From the entry remancipation
• “From whence came the yellow metal, Busuli?” he asked.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 128. From the entry moon
• Whence indeed springs the need for a Saturdaily Aubade, except from the desire to save thought about what to do first thing on Saturday morning?1984, The Listener, volume 111, page 29. From the entry Saturdaily
• Omphalos is Greek for navel, whence also omphaloskeptic, one who dreams up bright ideas while gazing at (skepsis, a looking at) his navel.1980, John B. Bremner, Words on Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages…. From the entry omphaloskeptic
• Meanwhile, government forces landed in the now pacified port of Hulutao, whence they moved north to Shenyang and west toward Chengteh, capital of Jehol.1980, James Reardon-Anderson, Yenan and the Great Powers: the Origins of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy, 1944-1946, New York: Columbia…. From the entry Chengteh
• The whence and whither of their comings and goings made no impression on the community, and when they disappeared no one asked how or why.1951 November 26, Robert Houghwout Jackson, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, “Gallegos v. Nebraska (No. 94)”, in…. From the entry whither
• Such philistinism pleases the misoneism of the mediocre, whence the enthusiasm over platitudes and the reign of the philistine in newspaper art, literature and science.1923 May, “Pornolagny and Realism”, in The Urologic and Cutaneous Review, volume XXVII, number 5, St. Louis, Mo.: Urologic and Cutaneous…. From the entry misoneism
• We're just about a couple of miles from a market town where abides a nice little inn whence petrol can be obtained."1920, Margaret Pedler, chapter 29, in The Hermit of Far End. From the entry middle of nowhere
• Since both parents and all of their ancestors have been docked, whence come the gemmules to produce the tail in the lamb?1917 August 3, Horace G. Regnart, “The Germ Plasm”, in Live Stock Journal, volume LXXXVI, number 2261, London: Vinton & Co., →OCLC, page…. From the entry gemmule
• Although our souls immortal are Without even death or birth, Our bodies go from whence they came Back to longing Mother Earth.1914, The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 31, Part 2 - Page 1359. From the entry blitheless
• Purple loosestrife arrived early, shaking luxuriant tangled locks along the edge of the mirror whence its own face laughed back at it.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, “The Wild Wood”, in The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 48. From the entry purple loosestrife
• "I kept the Jewel within my great safe, whence none could extract it; not even Queen Tera herself with her astral body."1903, Bram Stoker, chapter 15, in The Jewel of Seven Stars. From the entry astral body
• It was said to lead to the Nissa Valley, whence a track could be found to the mountains on the upper Kara-kash River.1903, Aurel Stein, “Over the Kara-kash Ranges”, in Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan, published 2005, →OCLC, page 225. From the entry Kash
• Over half of the crows anticipated the feeder, and peered in the window of the building from whence the crow feeder would emerge prior to a feeding session.2013, Guenther Witzany, Biocommunication of Animals, page 197. From the entry kaw
• Toishan (whence come 90 per cent of Chinese who migrate to America) is on a branch of the West River which forms the southern boundary of the Canton Delta.1945, Mark Tennien, Chungking Listening Post, New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., page 63. From the entry Toishan
• Not often did Jesse James leave a clew to his identity when he galloped away from a crime of violence, back into the mysterious Nowhere whence he came.1926, Robertus Love, The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, University of Nebraska, published 1990. From the entry clew
• Now while they rested, a flittermouse flew forth from the Witchland booths and went widdershins round the wrastling ground and so returned silently whence she came.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 22. From the entry widdershins
• He might have spent the hours camped under the trees of the more remote meadow, whence in the brilliant moonlight he could keep tabs on the trails.1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 85, in The Rules of the Game. From the entry keep tabs on
• If you do this and feel that you have boo-booed, press Shift+F5, the Go Back keyboard shortcut, to return from whence you came (that is, back to your previous edit).1999, Dan Gookin, Word 2000 For Dummies. From the entry boo-boo
• Because it brings supplies to the Assam Valley airfields, whence they can be flown over the "Hump" to Kunming, it is a vital part of our only link with China.1944 April 24, “Trouble in Burma”, in Life, volume 16, number 17, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1. From the entry Kunming

Meaning of whence

1. adverb From where; from which place or source.
2. conjunction Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence.

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How do you use whence in a sentence?

Whence is used as an adverb and conjunction. For example: “Whence came I?”

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“Whence came I?”

What does whence mean?

Whence means from where; from which place or source.